Caitlin Clark of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes celebrates after beating the Louisiana State University Tigers 94-87 in the Elite Eight round of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at MVP Arena in Albany, New York, on April 1.
Seriously. Every time I watch Clark, it seems, she hits a series of three-point shots that make me—and it’s safe to presume, many other people—sharply tilt our head upwards, to look at the high heavens, wondering how she just did that. And I found myself putting extra pressure on those neck muscles and upper spine and all sorts of vulnerable body parts during Iowa’s 94-87 victory over LSU in their Elite Eight matchup of the NCAA tournament in Albany on Monday night.
Clark quite simply delivered, as per usual, for the ascendant sport of women’s basketball, turning in a dream stat line—41 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds—in a dream rematch of last year’s final. Expect viewership for this game to shatter some sort of record. After all, the second round of this year’s women’s March Madness tournament across ESPN platforms averaged 1.4 million viewers,last year’s viewership.
The rematch storyline will be responsible for the inevitable record viewership number for a regional final. Both Clark and Reese lived up to their stellar basketball reputations. While Clark got Iowa going early, she really came through in the third quarter, breaking a 45-45 tie 11 seconds in the half with a made three: she finished the stanza with four 3-pointers, giving Iowa an 11-point edge going into the fourth quarter that the Hawkeyes wouldn’t relinquish.
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